2019 Leagues Cup

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Leagues Cup

| year = 2019

| other_titles =

| image = Sam Boyd Stadium from the air July 2014.jpg

| caption = Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada hosted the final

| dates = July 23 – September 18

| num_teams = 8

| associations = 2

| champion_other = {{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul
(1st title)

| count =

| second_other = {{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL

| matches = 7

| goals = 19

| attendance = 122884

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|COL}} Andrés Ibargüen
(2 goals)

| player =

| goalkeeper =

| young_player =

| fair_play =

| prevseason =

| nextseason = 2020

|image_size=275px}}

The 2019 Leagues Cup was the inaugural edition of Leagues Cup, a club soccer competition featuring four clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX in an eight-team single-elimination tournament hosted in the United States. It began on July 23, 2019, with the first set of quarterfinals, and culminated in a final match played in Whitney, Nevada, near Las Vegas, on September 18, 2019. Cruz Azul won the final, defeating UANL 2–1.

Qualification

The inaugural edition of the Leagues Cup featured eight teams—four invitees from Major League Soccer and four Liga MX clubs chosen based on competitive results.{{cite news |last=Santaromita |first=Dan |date=May 29, 2019 |title=MLS, Liga MX announce Leagues Cup 8-team tournament |url=https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/chicago-fire/mls-liga-mx-announce-leagues-cup-8-team-tournament/ |work=Pro Soccer USA |publisher=Tribune Publishing |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531154321/https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/chicago-fire/mls-liga-mx-announce-leagues-cup-8-team-tournament/ |url-status=dead }}

Teams

The following 8 teams (from two associations) participated in the tournament.

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!Association

!Team

rowspan=4|{{fba|MEX}} {{nowrap|{{small|(4 teams)}}}}

|América

Cruz Azul
UANL
Tijuana
colspan="2" |
rowspan=4|{{fba|USA}} {{nowrap|{{small|(4 teams)}}}}

|Chicago Fire

Houston Dynamo
LA Galaxy
Real Salt Lake

Bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N8

|style=white-space:nowrap|3rdplace=|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|RD1=Quarterfinals

|RD2=Semifinals

|RD3=Final

|July 23 – Carson, CA|{{fbaicon|USA}} LA Galaxy {{pso}}|2 (3)|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Tijuana|2 (1)

|July 23 – Bridgeview, IL|{{fbaicon|USA}} Chicago Fire|0|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul|2

|July 24 – Houston, TX|{{fbaicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo|1 (5)|{{fbaicon|MEX}} América {{pso}}|1 (6)

|July 24 – Sandy, UT|{{fbaicon|USA}} Real Salt Lake|0|{{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL|1

|August 20 – Carson, CA|{{fbaicon|USA}} LA Galaxy|1|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul|2

|August 20 – Houston, TX|{{fbaicon|MEX}} América|2 (3)|{{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL {{pso}}|2 (5)

|September 18 – Whitney, NV|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul|2|{{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL|1

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{Football box

| id = Chicago Fire v Cruz Azul

| date = {{Start date|2019|07|23}}

| time = 19:30 CDT

| team1 = Chicago Fire {{fbaicon|USA}}

| score = 0–2

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup-2019-2022/2019/matches/chivscaz-07-23-2019/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

| goals1 =

| goals2 = *Alvarado {{goal|43}}

| stadium = SeatGeek Stadium

| location = Bridgeview, Illinois

| attendance = 14,213

| referee = Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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{{Football box

| id = LA Galaxy v Tijuana

| date = {{Start date|2019|07|23}}

| time = 20:00 PDT

| team1 = LA Galaxy {{fbaicon|USA}}

| score = 2–2

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup/2019/matches/lavstij-07-23-2019/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|MEX}} Tijuana

| goals1 = *Boateng {{goal|27}}

| goals2 = *Nahuelpán {{goal|33}}

| stadium = Dignity Health Sports Park

| location = Carson, California

| attendance = 10,421

| referee = Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

| penaltyscore = 3–1

| penalties1 = *Carrasco {{pengoal}}

| penalties2 = *{{penmiss}} Torres

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{{Football box

| id = Houston Dynamo v America

| date = {{Start date|2019|07|24}}

| time = 19:30 CDT

| team1 = Houston Dynamo {{fbaicon|USA}}

| score = 1–1

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup/2019/matches/houvsame-07-24-2019/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|MEX}} América

| goals1 = Beasley {{goal|85}}

| goals2 = Benedetti {{goal|73}}

| penaltyscore = 5–6

| penalties1 = *Quioto {{penmiss}}

| penalties2 = *{{pengoal}} Castillo

| stadium = BBVA Stadium

| location = Houston, Texas

| attendance = 20,315

| referee = Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

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{{Football box

| id = Real Salt Lake v Tigres

| date = {{Start date|2019|07|24}}

| time = 20:30 MDT

| team1 = Real Salt Lake {{fbaicon|USA}}

| score = 0–1

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup-2019-2022/2019/matches/rslvstig-07-24-2019/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL

| goals1 =

| goals2 = *Vargas {{goal|57}}

| stadium = Rio Tinto Stadium

| location = Sandy, Utah

| attendance = 15,136

| referee = John Pitti (Panama)

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}}

=Semifinals=

{{Football box

| id = SF2

| date = {{Start date|2019|08|20}}

| time = 19:30 CDT

| team1 = América {{flagicon|MEX}}

| score = 2–2

| penaltyscore = 3–5

| penalties1 = *Rodríguez {{pengoal}}

| penalties2 = *{{pengoal}} Gignac

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup/2019/matches/amevstig-08-20-2019/

| team2 = {{flagicon|MEX}} UANL

| goals1 = *Ibargüen {{goal|36|pen.|83}}

| goals2 = *Aguilar {{goal|14|o.g.}}

| stadium = BBVA Stadium

| location = Houston, Texas

| attendance = 22,532

| referee = Diego Montaño Robles (Mexico)

| event =

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{{Football box

| id = SF1

| date = {{Start date|2019|08|20}}

| time = 19:30 PDT

| team1 = LA Galaxy {{flagicon|USA}}

| score = 1–2

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup/2019/matches/cazvsla-08-20-2019

| team2 = {{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

| goals1 = *Cuello {{goal|37}}

| goals2 = *Madueña {{goal|4}}

| stadium = Dignity Health Sports Park

| location = Carson, California

| attendance = 20,135

| referee = Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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}}

=Final=

{{Football box

| id = Final

| date = {{Start date|2019|09|18}}

| time = 19:30 PDT

| team1 = Cruz Azul {{fbaicon|MEX}}

| score = 2–1

| report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/leagues-cup/2019/matches/tigvscaz-09-18-2019/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL

| goals1 = * Yotún {{goal|73|pen.}}

| goals2 = * Pizarro {{goal|90}}

| stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium

| location = Whitney, Nevada

| attendance = 20,132

| referee = Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava (Mexico)

| event =

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| pattern_so = _tigres0809h

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{| style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1{{flagicon|MEX}} José de Jesús Corona{{yel|30}}
DF4 {{flagicon|MEX}} Julio César Domínguez
DF 23{{flagicon|PAR}} Pablo Aguilar
DF5 {{flagicon|CHI}} Igor Lichnovsky{{yel|23}}
DF16 {{flagicon|MEX}} Adrián Aldrete
MF25 {{flagicon|MEX}} Roberto Alvarado{{suboff|68}}
MF22 {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Baca
MF31 {{flagicon|MEX}} Orbelín Pineda
MF 19{{flagicon|PER}} Yoshimar Yotún
MF21 {{flagicon|URU}} Jonathan Rodríguez{{yel|30}}{{suboff|87}}
FW9 {{flagicon|ARG}} Milton Caraglio{{suboff|89}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF11{{flagicon|MEX}} Elías Hernández{{subon|68}}
FW13{{flagicon|ECU}} Bryan Angulo{{subon|89}}
MF17{{flagicon|SPA}} Édgar Méndez{{yel|90+4}}{{subon|87}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| {{flagicon|URU}} Robert Siboldi

{{col-2}}

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1{{flagicon|ARG}} Nahuel Guzmán{{sentoff|0|90+8}}
DF29{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Dueñas{{yel|37}}
DF4{{flagicon|MEX}} Hugo Ayala
DF18{{flagicon|MEX}} Diego Reyes{{suboff|74}}
DF6{{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Torres Nilo
MF23 {{flagicon|COL}} Luis Quiñones{{suboff|85}}
MF19{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Pizarro
MF 8{{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Zelarayán{{suboff|62}}
MF5 {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Carioca{{yel|30}}
MF20{{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Aquino
FW10{{flagicon|FRA}} André-Pierre Gignac
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW9{{flagicon|CHI}} Eduardo Vargas{{subon|62}}
MF22{{flagicon|MEX}} Jürgen Damm{{subon|85}}
DF28{{flagicon|MEX}} Luis A. Rodríguez{{subon|74}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| {{flagicon|MEX}} Ricardo Ferretti

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|}

Top goalscorers

{{legend|silver|Club eliminated for this round.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan=2|Rank

!rowspan=2|Player

!rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Goals

!colspan=8|By round

{{abbr|QF|Quarterfinals}}

!{{abbr|SF|Semifinals}}

!{{abbr|F|Final}}

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|COL}} Andrés Ibargüen

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} América

!2

||| 2||bgcolor="silver"|

rowspan="15"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Roberto Alvarado

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

!rowspan="15"|1

|1|| ||

align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} DaMarcus Beasley

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo

|1

bgcolor="silver" colspan=2|
align="left"|{{flagicon|COL}} Nicolás Benedetti

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} América

|1

bgcolor="silver"|
align="left"|{{flagicon|GHA}} Emmanuel Boateng

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|USA}} LA Galaxy

|1

bgcolor="silver"|
align="left"|{{flagicon|URU}} Washington Camacho

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Tijuana

|1

bgcolor="silver" colspan=2|
align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Emil Cuello

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|USA}} LA Galaxy

|

1bgcolor="silver"|
align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Elías Hernández

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

|1

align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} José Madueña

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

|

1
align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Nahuelpán

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Tijuana

|1

bgcolor="silver" colspan=2|
align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Orbelín Pineda

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

|

1
align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Pizarro

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL

|

1
align="left"|{{flagicon|URU}} Jonathan Rodríguez

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

|

1
align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} David Romney

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|USA}} LA Galaxy

|1

bgcolor="silver"|
align="left"|{{flagicon|CHI}} Eduardo Vargas

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} UANL

|1

align="left"|{{flagicon|PER|football}} Yoshimar Yotún

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Cruz Azul

|

1

References

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